Andrew Wilkie

Crown Casino fine for poker machine tampering is not enough, says Tasmanian MP and anti-pokies campaigner Andrew Wilkie. NICK CLARK ... A $300,000 fine handed out to Crown Casino by the Victorian gambling regulator is not enough, says anti-pokies campaigner and Denison MHR Andrew Wilkie.

The Tasmanian independent MP Andrew Wilkie said it appeared that all of the “miraculous promises are unravelling about the selling of VDL to the Chinese”. He told Guardian Australia it appeared the promised investment in new infrastructure was not being realised, that lots of new jobs were not being ...

Victoria's gambling regulator and police are investigating additional allegations of poker machine tampering at Melbourne's Crown casino. It comes after the independent MP Andrew Wilkie showed journalists “picks” he said were given to a former high-roller at the casino, allegedly used to let the woman ...

Longstanding anti-gambling lawmaker and perennial Crown Resorts adversary Andrew Wilkie announced this week he had been approached by a former VIP customer at the casino who claimed staff had provided her with “small plastic picks” to stick into the gaps between betting buttons on slot machines.

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ROBO-DEBT letters from Centrelink are still being issued, causing severe financial and emotional stress for some Tasmanians, independent Denison MHR Andrew Wilkie says. Mr Wilkie said his office continued to receive calls from constituents who believed they had been sent incorrect debt notices from ...

Tasmanian police officers are increasingly tied up dealing with mental health patients at the over-stretched Royal Hobart Hospital, according to Andrew Wilkie. The independent Member for the Hobart seat of Denison said police were routinely stuck at the hospital emergency department (ED). Mr Wilkie said ...

Hundreds of sheep have been filmed being slowly “cooked alive”, covered in waste and desperately gasping for air and water in extreme heat in new footage that has horrified Australia. The “harrowing” video revealed by Animals Australia, was taken by a whistleblower on board one of the many ships that ...

MP Andrew Wilkie says up to 100 Tasmanian jobs at risk if Home Affairs Department outsources visa assessments ... MORE than 100 Tasmanian public sector jobs are at risk if the Federal Government outsources visa assessments, independent Denison MHR Andrew Wilkie says. The Federal Government ...

The regulator's action against Crown comes after independent federal MP Andrew Wilkie last year tabled whistleblower evidence from former gaming-floor technicians at Crown's casino in Melbourne's Southbank, claiming they had been ordered to make secret alterations to boost losses on poker machines ...

The Australian government is considering a bill that would make it illegal for ISPs to falsely advertise high internet speeds. Under the proposed legislation, lying about internet speeds would become a fineable offense that could cost ISPs that violate the law up to $1 million AUD. Andrew Wilkie, a member of ...

The chairman of retail giant Woolworths has made contact with the federal MP who this week revealed whistleblower allegations of staff in Woolworths-owned pokies venues spying on customers and actively promoting problem gambling. Independent MP Andrew Wilkie said he spoke with Woolworths ...

Anti poker machine campaigners, (L-R) Charles Livingstone, Pat Caplice, James Boyce and Andrew Wilkie, in Hobart. Photo: Janie Barrett. 11/16. Robert "Poppy" Kreshl's gambling addiction caused him to lose everything and become homeless on the streets in Hobart. This is one of the sites he would ...

A proposal allegedly under consideration by the Turnbull Government to gather intelligence on visa applicants before they migrate to Australia has been described as “wacky” by independent MP and former Australian intelligence officer Andrew Wilkie. Home Affairs secretary Michael Pezzullo, the top ...

Staff in Woolworths-owned pubs allegedly preyed on their most regular gamblers, gathering and sharing data on their habits to maximise profits, the independent MP Andrew Wilkie has said. Wilkie, an outspoken anti-pokies campaigner, has obtained evidence that pub staff shared the habits of problem ...

Telcos should be honest about internet speeds, says Denison independent Andrew Wilkie ... BROADBAND customers are being promised super-fast internet but getting dial-up-quality speeds because that's what current advertising laws let telcos do, says Tasmanian independent MHR Andrew Wilkie.

Federal independent MP Denison Andrew Wilkie praising Tasmanian Labor's policy to remove gaming machines from pubs and clubs by 2023. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN. The figures show that in 2015-16 poker machines in Federal Hotels operated pubs took in $29.5 million a year, while those operated by ...

Among the whistleblower evidence, first presented to parliament by independent MP Andrew Wilkie, are screenshots appearing to show an electronic database spanning ALH Group venues, containing details of regular pokies players' gambling habits, drinking habits and favourite sports teams, and ...